- top 0.7% osu!mania player worldwide
- top 1 cyclist in placentia area (4.2 w/kg peak)
- 1m+ vertical feet of snowboarding
- ive never had a pet, but i love cats
hi, i'm Christopher Tran, an electrical engineering (EE) student at UCLA, from Placentia, California. right now: first year at UCLA with IEEE, ASCE and UAS@UCLA, building Refire and Vocalis, and producing motion graphics for commissions and fun.
education
B.S. Electrical Engineering
IEEE, American Society of Civil Engineers, UAS@UCLA
gpa 4.84 weighted, sat 1520
national honor society, distinguished scholar award (2023 – 2026)
projects
genai-powered aac platform for nonverbal and deaf people.
impact
2–5x faster communication than leading aac apps
$5,000+ in funding from samsung
awards from solve for tomorrow and the diamond challenge
30 gaming chairs for my cs class
how it works
transcribes the conversation live
suggests replies via a word grid, sentence generator or typing, then speaks them aloud
node.js server streams audio into deepgram over websockets and proxies elevenlabs voices
llama 3.1 on groq curates replies and reads photos for visual context
stack
node.js, websockets, deepgram, elevenlabs, groq
turns hours-long streams into edited videos in any style.
proof
624k views and 1,052 new subscribers in one month on a fresh, long-form youtube channel
50%+ average view duration
how it works
finds key moments from chat activity, transcript, audio volume, and on-screen motion
local models plus api-based storyboarding
stack
python, ffmpeg, opencv, llms
online battle royale built from the netcode up.
features
public and private lobbies with join codes
host-side hit validation
procedural, seed-based map generation and storm mechanics
destructible build-and-edit system and interactive landmarks
stack
c#, unity, netcode for gameobjects
honors
$2,500 scholarship, renewed for all four years.
top 7% worldwide, with vocalis.
5.5k + gaming chairs.
experience
motion graphics ads for SaaS clients in after effects; campaigns and client presentations with the marketing team.
4.9M+ impressions
wrote beginner-friendly lessons and guided young students one-on-one through hands-on projects.
responsible for 300+ students a day; design crafts, bible study and recreation activities.
leadership & activities
secured linux machines and patched vulnerabilities; platinum tier two years running (top 30% nationally).
six events; regional and state medals in circuit design, expd, helicopter and codebusters.
experimental design
2nd of 88, highlands invitational
3rd of 47, uci regionals (2026)
5th of 47, uci regionals (2025)
codebusters
9th of 353, rickards invitational
5th of 43, ucr invitational
4th and 6th in supply chain management; qualified for every state conference.
moved up from jv; doubles mvp, spring 2024.
tutored students in stem; sorted and checked 100+ boxes of donations for tigers' closet, the school thrift store.
skills
after effects, premiere pro
english (native), vietnamese (cefr b2), other (self-study, cefr a2)
likes
building pcs, tennis, cycling, snowboarding, hiking, film, motion design and video editing.
learning
- language, self-study. currently around cefr a2, 2k+ words
- lockpicking, for fun. i'm not a criminal. i promise.
- circuit theory
colophon
(this site)